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Location: MN | Has anyone had experience with using Mag 7 blades? Looking for feedback vs the standard Colorado 8's. |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | I’ve also gone to offering magnum #7 blades on the baits I make to those folks that prefer a more substantial blade in terms of being a beefier or heavier blade then a #8
Colorado blade (.025 thickness versus 0.18 thickness). These blades tend to keep their shape longer and provide a better thump IMHO then the conventional #8 Colorado blade. |
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Location: Aurora | I like .040 dbl 7 colorados.
Open every time, extra weight helps hair tails cast further & run deeper.
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| Spanky baits #7 firefly is Sweet  |
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Location: Wisconsin | The only blades I use in the double 8 size. It's the same size as the lakeland mag 8. A little thicker and bigger, it's a great size.
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Location: MN | Who makes the Mag 7, are there more than one and if so are they identical to each other or is one better, and where are they available? Thanks |
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Location: Aurora | I harvested the ones i have off of the spanky firefly as mentioned above.
No idea where he gets um but i know he doesn't sell blades. |
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| This Thread just made me order a couple of fireflys more, they produced some nice fish this season for me, have some that i have retied with marabou and bucktail, they are sweet. :D |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | Lakeland Mfg. used to make a heavier .040 blade, however they've had some difficulties as of late so I don't know if they still do. Trying to find a manufacturing source for them is proving difficult.
In any case I would steer clear of the .040 "deep cup" blades as they do not rotate properly. Just my 2 cents. |
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Location: Northern Illinois | #7 .040" blades are available from Lure Parts Online. I don't know where they get them. Size designations of blades are not consistent. For instance Spanky's Fireball 8 is a little bigger profile than standard 8s. It is the same size as what LPO sells as 8.5. What some people call mag 8, others call 9. And so on... |
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Location: Wisconsin | The Mag 7 is made by Worth. It is the same size as the magnum 8 that Lakeland sells. It is a little bit larger than a "standard 8". Moore's Lures has them listed on page 10 of his catalog. It's a .025 thick blade compared to the .018 that the standard 8 is. It a good durable blade that has been a workhorse for my lures for years now. |
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